Jfasteneiv-eeeding mechanism



Nov. 25, w24. 1,516,965V G. W. JACQUES FASTENER FEEDING MECHANISM Filed July 14, 1919 III wnvNEssEs: Q? J a ifanuwsgjyn Y F ya arg1/0f. MM XQ y BY MLM A l v to one or more racewaysl Patented Nev. 25, 1924.

UNITED STATES miams PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE XV. JACQUES, OF STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSEGN- MENTS, TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CORPORATION, OF PATERSON, NEW' JERSEY,

A. CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

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Application filed July 14, 1919.

To @ZZ 'wh-omit may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. JAcQUns, avcitizen of the United States, residing at Stratford, in the county of Fairfield and .State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fastenerlleeding Mechanisms, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to fastener-sup' plying means for machines designed to insert fasteners, and is illustrated in a form well suited to the requirements of fastenerinserting machines of the duplex type.

An object of the invention is to provide improved means for supplying lacing-hooks In so far as the duplex aspect of the invention'is concerned a feat-ure consists in an organization comprising a hopper having a discharge opening, duplex raceways arranged to receive' lacing-hooks from said opening, and controlling means arranged to position the lacing-hooks flowing from the hopper tothe raceways so that all the hooks supplied to one -of the raceways will stand in one predetermined position, and all those supplied to the other raceway will stand in a position opposed to that first specified.v The invention is not, however,'limited to the duplex organization. For example, it provides for an organization comprising a hopper having a discharge opening, a plurality l(two or more) of raceways arranged to receive lacing-hooks flowing through vsaid opening, and means arranged to position the lacing hooks in said opening to insure uniformity of position as to the lacing hooks supplied to each of the raceways and to reject all hooks not so positioned.

Nor is the invention limited toa plurality of raceways. For example, a feature consists in an organization comprising a hopper formed and arranged to discharge a stream of lacing-hooks, one or more raceways arranged to receive the lacing-hooks, and improved means arranged to control the lacing-hooks as they are about to `be received by the raceway or raceways to insure a rate of supply` sutlicient to satisfy maximum needs of a hook-setting machine.

Another feature of the invention consists in a hopper and one or more raceways arranged in such relation that the lacing- Serial No. 316,858.

hooks flowing from one to the other will approach'the raceway or raceways transversely of their length, and in means forming a series of gateways. leading to each racevray to separate from contact with each other the lacing-hooks about to mount the raceway or raceways. The invention also provides improved means for deflecting improperly positioned lacing-hooks from the hooks that are about to mount the raceway or raceways, to avoid congestion in the discharge opening of the hopper and to eX- pedite the passage of the properly positioned hooks to the raceways and the return of the improperly positioned hooks to the hopper.

The, illustrated construction includes 1. hopper and an agitator that have already been found advantageous in eyelet-feeding mechanisimthe interchangeability of these and other parts in bothv eyelet-feeding and hook-feeding mechanisms providing for a considerable saving in the cost of manufacturing both kinds byV reducing the number of different partsrequired.

vOther objects and advantageous details of construction will appear from a more complete description of one embodiment of the invention shown in the accompanying drawings injwhich,-

Fig. l is a cross section through a portion of the hopper and the discharge regulating mechanism Fig. 2 is an elevation of a portion of the feeding mechanism partly broken away; and

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the regulating mechanism.

The hopper and fastener agitating mechanisms are substantially identical with those disclosed in United States Letters Patent 1,434,704 granted November 7, 1922, on my application, entitled `Fastener feed mechanism,I and consists ofvan inclined stationary hopper l having therein a fast-ener agitator comprising a rotary drum 2 driven from any suitable source and carrying agitating brushes 3 and an upwardly dished baille plate 4. As shown plate 4 may be thickened at its outer edge, if desired, so that it will be too thiclrto pass under the beaks of the lacing hooks, thus preventing vthe lodgment of any thereon. At 5 thel base 6 of the hopper is depressedand ex-V tends outwardly beneath the discharge opening 7 in thehopp'r.4` The Adetachable member 8 for controlling the discharge of hooks is yarranged in the discharge opening 7 and is curved to conform to the curvature of the hopper. This member comprises a body portion 11, a iin 12 extending inwardly therefrom, and two series of spacedl gate members 13 formed on said iin, those of one series being formed on the .upper side of the iin and those of the other series on the lowerl side. These gate members are spaced one from anotherfto provide radial passageways l'for the Shanks of the hooks, and'tliey are also spaced from the body portion 11 to provide channels 14,111 for said shanks. The gate members are triangular in cross-section, this shape. having been found to be the most effective to separate the properly positioned hooks from those improperly positioned and the most effective to yavoid congestion of the hooks at 4the gateways.

Raceway strips 16 and 17 are fastened to thef top and bottom, respectively, hf the body por-tio1i1`1 and their lower ends register respectively with the raceways 9 and 10. The member 8 controls the `discharge of hooks so that the only hooks incapable of entering the upper series arethose whose Shanks Vextend downwardly, while the only Vones'capable of entering the lower series are those whose shanks extend upwardly, 'as shown by Fig. 1." As the hooks pass through thc gatewaysl, 15 they become lodged on the raceway strips 16 and 17, and thenv slide on the latter to' the yraceways 9 and Y10. The detachable member ySalso carl ries a cover strip or guard 1,8 arranged to overlie the heads of the hooks in the upper series and to close the space formed by the discharge opening 7. i

The above described structure for controlling the discharge of hooks is detachably fastened tothe'hopper by brackets 119 andl 20 and wing bolts 22, the latter being.

screwed into the base portion 5 of the hop.; per and the brackets being formed with not-ches so that they may be quickly at.- tached to the hopper and' adjusted to register the lower endsl of .the strips 126 and 17 withthe raceways 9 and 10.l The lower end of the member 8 is flared as indicated at 21l in Fig. 3, to deiiect ythe improperly positioned hooks toward the center ofthe hopper.

The operation of the mechanism is as follows, yHooks supported 'on plate 4, on rotation thereof, find their vway over vthe edge and droppwithin the path of the agitatingbrushes 3 andare moved by them` past the dischargeopening 7 of the hopper. Hooks which become suitably post' tioned arei'then gently urged througl'iy the slots 15 and intofne orthe other of? the A rection.

.they are entirely within the slots 15.U The Shanks 'of the fasteners inthe upper chan nel 14- project downwardly while/those otl the .fasteners .in the lower channel 111a project upwardly, while the throats of both series of fasteners extend in the same di The fasteners being thus reversely positioned are free to pass out of the `hopper and down their respectiif'e raceways to the setting mechanism.v asteners which are not so positioned are moved by the "brushes 3 aroundl toward the detleotor Vmember 21 and by it are deflected from the discharge opening 7 into the body of the hopper.

Having thus described one embodiment of the invention though it is evident that changes might be made therein without departing from its spirit and scope, and that cer-tain features therein are .in no way limited to use of lacing hook setting ma'- chine, but might b .e embodied `to advantage with other types machines, what "is claimed is,-

1. In a lacing hook supplying mechanism, a hopper having a discharge opening, means for discharging .two series of lacing hooks from said opening, thehooks ofthe respective seriesbeing discharged in reversed positions, and separate raceways for the respective series leadingfrom said opening.

2. In a lacing-hook supplying meclianism, a hopper formed andrv arranged to discharge a stream of. lacing-hooks, a plurality of raceways arranged to receive the hooks. from saidV stream, 'and means arrangedto segregate incorrectly positioned hooks y.trom the Vcorrectly positioned hooks about .toy bef come lodged on or in the raceways.

3. in a, lacing-hook supplying mechanism, a hopper formedand arrangedto discharge a stream of lacing-hooks, a plurality ot raceways arranged toKA receive( hooks from saidfstream, and means arranged to ydivide said stream into a plurality of streams, one for each of saidk raceways, as the hooks are about to become lodged on or .in the raceways. J

l1.' In combination in a lacing-hook supplying mechanism, a hook receptacle having a single discharge opening therein, and asserting Ameans cooperatingwith said discharge opening for insuring the passage therethrough of two independent reversely arranged series of lacing hooks in different distinct lines. i

5.`In a lacing hook supplying mechanism, ay hopper having a discharge opening, and assorting means for insuring the disL charge ot two series of lacing hooksfrom said opening, the hooks of the respective series beingldiseharged .inl reversed positions, and the throats of all hooks of a series extending in the same direction.

6. In a lacing hook supplying mechanism, a hopper having a discharge opening, and asserting .means for insuring the discharge of two series of lacingvhooks from said opening, the hooks of the respective series being discharged in reversed positions, and the throatsA of all the hooks of both series extending in the same direction.

7. In combination in a hook supplying device, a receptacle for hooks having a discharge opening therein, and a gate for said discharge opening, said gate comprising a member of a shape substantially to conform to said opening and provided with a pair of grooves at its opposite edges, said grooves being of suoli form as to permit the passage of a pair of reversely hoo-ks.

8. A hook supplying device comprising a receptacle for hooks, and means for regulating the discharge of hooks therefrom comprising a supporting plate provided with a central fin, a gate carried thereby and spaced from the supporting member to form channels therebetween, and a series of grooves in said gate leading into said channels, said grooves being of such shapeas to cause the discharge of reversely arranged series of hooks through said gate and into said channels. l

9. A hook supplying device comprising a receptacle for hooks, and means for regulating the discharge of hooks therefrom comprising a supporting plate provided with a central fin, a gate carried thereby and spaced from the supporting member to form channels therebetween, and means for determining the direction in which the hooks face at their discharge.

10. A lacing hook supplying device comprising a receptacle for hooks and means for regulating t-he discharge of hooks therefrom, said means comprising a supporting plate provided with a central fin, a gate carried thereby and spaced from said supporting member toI form channels therebetween, a series of grooves leading into said channels, said grooves being of such shape as to cause the discharge of reversely arranged series of hooks through said gate and into said channels and a fin adjacent each channel arranged to take under the beaks of the hooks therein whereby all the hooks entering each channel face in the same relative position therein.

11. A fastener supplying device comprising a receptacle for fasteners having a discharge opening, and means for regulating the discharge of fasteners therefrom, said means comprising a supporting plate pro-vided with a central fin, a gate carried thereby and spaced from the supporting member to form channels therebetween, and

positioned a deflector carried by said fin adjacent the discharge opening to deflect away from said channels all fasteners not properly positioned to pass along within said channels 12. A fastener supplying device comprising a receptacle for fasteners having a discharge opening, and means for regulating the discharge of fasteners therefrom, said means comprising a supporting member provided with a central fin, a gate carried thereby and spaced from the supporting member to form a plurality of channels therebetween for a plurality of series of fasteners and a deflector rigidly carried by said fin adjacent said discharge opening and arranged to deflect from said opening all fasteners not properly positioned within some one of said channels.

13. A fastener supplying device comprising a receptacle for fasteners having a discharge opening, and means for regulating the discharge of fasteners therefrom, said means comprising a supporting plate provided with a iin, a gate carried thereby and spaced from the supportng member to form a channel therebetween, and a deflector carried by said fin adjacent the discharge opening to deflect away from said channel all fasteners not properly positioned to pass along within said channel.

14. In a lacing hook separating mechanism, a hook receptaclehaving a discharge opening, and means for discharging hooks therefrom through said discharge opening in a plurality of superposed series.

15. In a lacing hook separating mechanism, a hook receptacle, an agitator in said receptacle, and assorting means at the mouth of said discharge opening for insuring the discharge from said receptacle by said agitator of a plurality of independent series of hooks.

1G. In a lacing hook separating mechanism, a hook receptacle having a mouth to discharge aA stream ofv hooks, means arranged in said mouth to divide said stream into a pluralty of smaller streams at the discharging locality, and a plurality of raceways, one for each of said smaller streams, arranged to receive the hooks ajacent to said dividing means.

17. In a lacing-hook supplying mechanism, a hopper formed and arranged to discharge a stream of lacing-hooks, duplex raccways arranged respectively to receive hooks in different predetermined positions only, and means arranged adjacent to the receiving portions of said raceways to divide said stream into two smaller streams, one for each of said raceways, and to deflectsuch of the hooks of either stream as are in other than the proper predetermined position to be received in the raceway fed by that stream.

18. In a lacing-hook supplying mechanisnfiv a hopper formed and arranged to dis-v ohargea stream of lacing-hooks7 a plurality of raeevvays arranged to receive the hooks from said stream, and means arranged to divide said stream into a plurality of streams, one for each of said raeeways, as the hooks are about to pass out oi' the hopper and to arrest such hooks as are not correct-ly posi.- tioned to become received in the raoeWa-ys.

19. An appara tus for supplying lacingr hooks, Comprising a hopper lhaving a single month to discharge aplurality of courses of lacing hooks, a phiralityfot raoeWay strips arranged adjacent to said `inouth eaeh to receive a course of lacing hooks, and ineans arranged in said inouth to reject improperly positioned lacing hooks approaching the racevvay strips and to accept those properly positioned and lguide theinto positions astride said strips.

.20..An apparatus for supplying lacinghooks, Comprising a hopper having a discharge opening1 duplex raeeways arranged to receive lacing-hooks from said opening, and controlling means arranged to position the hooks flowing from the hopper to the raceivays so that all the hooks supplied to one of the racevvays will stand in one predetermined position and all those supplied to the other raceivay will stand in a position opposed to that first specified.

21. Au apparatus for supplying lacingliooks, comprising a hopper having` a discharge opening, a plurality of raoevva-ys arranged to receive lacing-hooks flowing through said opening, and means arranged to position the hooks in said opening to insure uniformity of position as to the hooks supplied to each of the raceways and to reject all hooks not so positioned.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my naine to this specification.

Gnonsn W'. JACQUES. 

